FILE PHOTO: People watch veterans driving past during celebrations on the National Independence Day in Warsaw, Poland November 11, 2019. Slawomir Kaminski/Agencja Gazeta via REUTERS
WARSAW (Reuters) - Organisers of a far-right Independence Day march in Warsaw said on Monday it would take place in a motorised form with participants driving around the Polish capital, after the mayor refused to allow the event to go ahead due to the coronavirus.
The Nov. 11 march, which often brings tens of thousands of people onto the streets, is seen as a flash point between nationalists and liberals, and has been marred by violence in recent years.
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